Tag: Andrew Karpen

Hard Truths | 2024 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Take A Chance On Love: Mike Leigh Delivers A Late Career Powerhouse You can’t help but wonder if Mike Leigh is making a sly joke...

Summering | Review

The Spectacular Now & Then: Ponsoldt Taps Summertime Sadness in Coming-of-Age Drama The dog days of summer aren’t over for a quartet of young girls...

Infinite Storm | Review

White Woman in a Blizzard: Szumowska Pitts Watts Against the Elements in True Life Trauma Drama Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska unleashes her tenth narrative feature...

2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: James Ponsoldt’s Summering

With the exception of 2017's The Circle (which received a Tribeca Film Festival premiere), James Ponsoldt had his four previous films Off the Black...

Interview: Riley Stearns – The Art of Self-Defense | 2019 American Film Festival in Wroclaw

A meek, introverted loner turns to karate as a way of coping with trauma after being violently attacked in Riley Stearns follow-up to 2014’s...

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The Echo Chamber | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

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Oase (Oasis) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

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